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  LIVINGSTON CO. – A former Pontiac man is charged with child pornography offenses. According to the Illinois State Police, on Monday 27-year-old Jay R. Pitchford previously of Pontiac was arrested on a felony warrant for offenses of Child Pornography in Surprise, Arizona. Pitchford

LASALLE – Governor J.B. Pritzker’s new law raising the state’s tobacco purchasing age to 21 takes effect the first of July, and one local smoke shop is worried about business. Manager Jazsmin Farley of Boss Vapes in LaSalle says, 20 percent of her customer base is in the age

DIXON – Construction work on I-39 at Beemerville Road, 3 miles south of US Route 30, will begin on Wednesday, weather permitting. The project consists of cleaning and painting the steel on the structure carrying Beemerville Road over I-39. lane closures will be required for I-39 northbound

OGLESBY –  928 high school students enrolled in Illinois Valley Community College’s dual credit courses in the 2018-19  school year, generating nearly 6,000 credit hours. According to IVCC’s Audit-Finance committee, its 10 percent of total enrollment. The college is hopeful

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ new governor delivered on a top campaign promise Tuesday by signing legislation legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, making the state the 11th to do so and the first to implement a statewide cannabis marketplace designed by

PERU – Peru City Council Members voted to approve a TIF for the redevelopment of Peru Mall at Monday night’s city council meeting. Several members of the council expressed their support for the redevelopment plan, stating that they appreciated that the owners of Peru Mall, GK Development,

PERU – Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei warned residents of a door-to-door ruse burglary that’s been targeting the elderly at Monday night’s city council meeting. He explained that there have been two incidents within the last week where ruse burglars have posed as Peru Public Works

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The digital world’s data must be stored somewhere. Lawmakers want to give Illinois an even chance of ensuring it’s stored here. House Republicans pushed the Legislature in its final weeks in May to add a package of business-friendly initiatives to

STREATOR – Streator is getting closer to approving a Business Improvement District at Northpoint Plaza, but wants to get businesses approval first. The district would implement a 1 percent add-on sales tax on all retail, entertainment sales. It is the city’s hope that through the

  DEKALB – An Aurora man was charged with indecent solicitation of a child and other charges, Friday. According to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office, they received a complaint that 47-year-old Matthew M. Gruzlewski, allegedly offered sex and drugs to a child in Dekalb County via